Virtual Poppy Honor Wall for Memorial Day

Virtual Poppy Honor Wall for Memorial Day

VETERANS.

THIS WEEKEND IS ANIMPORTANT ONE-- A TIME TOHONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHODIED SERVING OUR COUNTRY.

ANDBECAUSE OF COVID-19, U-S-A-AHAS TAKEN ITS MEMORIALVIRTUAL.

WMAR 2 NEWS ABBYISAACS JOINS US FROM CANTONEXPLAIN.THE KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL HEREIN CANTON HONORS THE MARYLANDSOLDIERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVESDURING THE CONFLICT.

THEY ARESOME OF THE HUNDREDS OFTHOUSANDS BEING HONORED THISMEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

Each oneof those poppies signifies oneof those lives lost 645THOUSAND POPPIES LINE A 130FOOT LONG WALL..

IT USED TOSTAND ON THE NATIONAL LAWNDURING MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND,HONORING THOSE WHO HAVE SERVEDAND SACRIFED SINCE WORLD WARONE.

FOR ARMY VETERAN AND USAAEXECUTIVE ERIC ENGQUIST, SOMEOF THE POPPIES REPRESENTMEMORIES.

I have served nearly40 individuals who I am awarewho have been killed in actionsince 9/11 and as a west pointgraduate, I know 12 of myclassmates who have paid theultimate sacrifice BECAUSE OFCOIVD-19, USAA HAS TAKEN THEWALL ONLINE.

PEOPLE AREENCOURAGED TO POST A POPPY TOHONOR A MILITARY MEMBER ORVETERAN OVER MEMORIAL DAYWEEKEND, ESPECIALLY AS MANYLOCAL PARADES AND EVENTS ARESTILL POSTPONED THIS YEAR.645,000 americans have losttheir lives, many of those wewill never know thempersonally, but we can alltake time during our busylives during memorial dayweekend to honor theirsacrifice because the veryfreedoms we are enjoying thisweekend are because of theirsacrifice THEY PLAN TO BUILDTHE POPPY HONOR WALL ONCEAGAIN, BUT THE VIRTUAL OPTIONWILL BE STICKING AROUND TOO.In years past, weof thousands of people havethe opportunity to actuallysee the wall firsthand.

Poppyin memory dot com now allowsus to reach a much broaderaudience and be inclusive forthose who are not able totravel WE HAVE A LINK TO THEPOPPY HONOR WALL ON OURWEBSITE, WMAR-2 NEWS DOTCOM.IN BALTIMORE ABBY ISAACS WMAR2 NEWS.FOR MORE STORIES IMPACTING OURVETERANS... HEAD TO W